Gender differences in widowhood in the short-run and long-run: Financial, emotional, and mental wellbeing

Jialu L. Streeter

The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2020, vol. 17, issue C

Abstract: The vast majority of studies of the widowed have concentrated on women. Less is known about whether differences in financial and emotional wellbeing after bereavement vary systematically with the gender of the surviving spouse. This paper analyzes the consequences of widowhood on the economic resources and emotional and mental stability of men and women in the United States. Data are from the 1992–2016 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). A panel fixed-effect model is adopted to estimate the impact of widowhood on household size-adjusted income, family wealth, affects, and somatic symptoms.

Keywords: Emotional and mental wellbeing; Financial security; Gender difference; Bereavement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2020.100258

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